Win 11 is downgrade to Win 10, and I expect Win 12 to be a downgrade to Win 11. I still didnt decide whether Mint or Kubuntu will be the next OS on my pc. I'm pretty sure Windows 12 has no chance.
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"Windows 10 will be the last Windows OS released!" - Microshaft
I like the UI of 11 but not the extra spyware
I wonder how I’d be considered. I use Steam on Linux on one computer, Windows 10 on another, and Mac on another. Maybe I get counted thrice.
pretty sure it's based off of which clients of yours got prompted to do the hardware survey
Both my windows and Linux client got prompted, but I declined the windows one. Most of my gaming happens on Linux nowadays
I’m one of the many. Hate where tech is headed, I remember hearing about Microsoft wanting to turn windows cloud based with a subscription. Hell no
Or, like me, still on Windows 7, they could just no longer use Steam. Lots of games I can still play on this OS or in my browser. Maybe someday I'll go back to Linux, or maybe even React, just for the hell of it.
I just use Windows 10 v1809 ltsc, I'm good for a few more years.
Just get Linux and run a Virtual machine if you want to Game on PC
I use Linux for everything, including gaming, but I have a VM with win11 for when I need ads in my os.
My LTSC still has time but yeah, the rest of us should be switching to Linux.
im one of them 😬
Gonna repeat something I said a little while ago.
If you're planning to try Linux but have no experience with it, the best piece of advice I was given is this. Learn how the filesystem is structured. It will make everything else you try to do easier.
You're also going to get a ton of conflicting advice on which distro to use. Pop OS or Mint are my suggestions. [email protected] is a good resource to know about too
Thanks for this. I loathe the idea of being stuck on a platform that's hard to use and swarmed by too many angry idiots who only ever say that linux is perfect and everybody who doesn't think so is too dumb to read. Everything that makes linux approachable is a big win.
Gotta ditch Microsoft though. Ugh. Changing an OS is such a massive pain, regardless of how much of a requirement Microsoft Recall makes it.
Anyway, more stuff like this, everybody! Thank you again.
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I like the optimism of Linux users thinking there will be a massive flood towards their favourite Linux distro.
When the obvious path the majority of gamers will take is just ... not upgrade anything and stay on an unsecure OS until their next major PC upgrade.
Most users don't care about security as long as it allows them to do with their computer what they want.
If Microsoft didn't push people to a new version, you know too many would still be rocking Windows 8.
You mean 7, right? Most people skipped 8, and that's why Microsoft made the update to 10 free.
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Thing is, there's people out there on windows 10 on a computer without the magic special chip windows 11 demands.
Lots of those people can't update and lots don't know about Linux or understand how to even use a USB drive to install it.
Yes it's easy for us semi tech people, but remember not everyone is into tech or understand how computers works.
People NEED computers to do stuff like applying for jobs, or searching online, or video games with friends.
Those people who don't have a tpm chip and can't upgrade will just not and continue using a insecure windows 10 because they don't know or understand what it is.
Remember Lemmy, just because you understand tech, doesn't mean everyone knows about it, or can grasp the concepts.
This is true not everyone out there has the capability to go out and have something like Linux, or the best version of windows 10 on their machines. But most people here are either knowledgeable enough, or have enough patience to try something like Linux out. If you know people that are in this position with their current machines from windows 10 to 11,and are not tech savvy, help them, and try not to be patronizing. Help them out by installing something like mint or Ubuntu and walk with them on the system, as many times as needed. If they cannot get used to it or find something that simply won't work, don't try to force Linux on them. Just find the best windows 10 version and install it. At some point if something doesn't work anymore on windows 10 and they want to keep the machine, they will reach out to try Linux again, or, they will try to sell the machine they cannot operate with anymore (or give away, depending on the situation). Either way, help people out but don't be abrasive if things do not work out the way you wanted.
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fuck Windows, I am done with M$
The only reason I'm still on windows 10 is because I'm dreading the weekend of head banging against table I'm going to have when I do the switch to Linux before October... Not looking forward to getting it all set up and working
Make a dual boot system. You can continue to use win10 while getting comfortable with linux. If something breaks just reboot.
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Yeah well Windows 11 fucking sucks. What do they expect? Maybe if you have to do all kinds of shady shit to get people to accept the newest version of your shitty product you should take a good look at yourself and evaluate why that is.
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Maybe because Windows 11 sucks
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